Directed by:
Tim Blake NelsonScreenplay:
Tim Blake NelsonCinematography:
Russell Lee FineCast:
David Arquette, Steve Buscemi, Velizar Binev, Michael Stuhlbarg, Harvey Keitel, Lisa Benavides, Mira Sorvino, Natasha Lyonne, Daniel Benzali, Allan Corduner (more)Plots(1)
Based in large part on Miklos Nyiszli's book, AUSCHWITZ: A DOCTOR'S EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT, THE GREY ZONE is set in the nightmarish world of Auschwitz in the 1940s. The film tells the brutal tale of the twelfth Sonderkommando unit, Jewish prisoners who were granted a few extra months of life in return for their services in helping with the genocide of their people. While organizing a revolt against the Nazis, a group of Sonderkommandos (played with ferocious intensity by David Arquette, Daniel Benzali, David Chandler, and Steve Buscemi) discover a young girl who has somehow managed to survive the gas chamber. Risking their lives, they team up with a fellow Jew, Doctor Nyiszli (Allan Corduner), to revive the fragile youngster and redeem themselves in the process. Nelson's excruciating drama is all the more unsettling for its unflinching honesty. By placing his characters in a world suffused with death, he creates an unbearable scenario where every decision determines the fate of dozens, if not hundreds, of innocent lives. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![David Arquette](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/036/166036952_8ff819.png)
David Arquette
USA
Best movies:
Scream (1996)
Ravenous (1999)
Beautiful Girls (1996)
![Steve Buscemi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267418_5887f4.jpg)
Steve Buscemi
USA
Best movies:
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
![Velizar Binev](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273465_762a0e.jpg)
Velizar Binev
Bulgaria
Best movies:
Young Woman and the Sea (2024)
Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006)
Stonehearst Asylum (2014)
![Michael Stuhlbarg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/212/166212005_ac3f60.jpg)
Michael Stuhlbarg
USA
Best movies:
Dopesick (2021) (series)
Miss Sloane (2016)
Trumbo (2015)
![Harvey Keitel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267601_170ded.jpg)
Harvey Keitel
USA
Best movies:
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Björk: Volumen (1999) (video compilation)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Lisa Benavides
USA
Best movies:
The Grey Zone (2001)
O (2001)
Leaves of Grass (2009)
![Mira Sorvino](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/465/162465991_18bfd8.png)
Mira Sorvino
USA
Best movies:
Like Dandelion Dust (2009)
Quiz Show (1994)
Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
![Natasha Lyonne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/067/166067507_18ef6c.jpg)
Natasha Lyonne
USA
Best movies:
If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000) (TV movie)
American Reunion (2012)
Detroit Rock City (1999)
![Daniel Benzali](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/640/162640042_e5e97a.jpg)
Daniel Benzali
Brazil
Best movies:
The Last of His Tribe (1992) (TV movie)
All the Little Animals (1998)
White Nights (1985)
![Allan Corduner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/954/160954770_a2a3b1.jpg)
Allan Corduner
Sweden
Best movies:
Gladiator (2000)
Yentl (1983)
The Way We Live Now (2001) (series)
![Shirly Brener](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278416_aff42c.jpg)
Shirly Brener
Israel
Best movies:
The Grey Zone (2001)
Starting Over (2007)
Righteous Kill (2008)
![Jessica Hecht](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/409/165409811_0e75fe.jpg)
Jessica Hecht
USA
Best movies:
The Boys (2019) (series)
Once More (2012)
Whatever Works (2009)
Henry Stram
USA
Best movies:
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Sleepers (1996)
Illuminata (1998)
![Brían F. O'Byrne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271836_1e31f2.jpg)
Brían F. O'Byrne
Ireland
Best movies:
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Mildred Pierce (2011) (series)
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
![Hristo Shopov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272139_17e837.jpg)
Hristo Shopov
Bulgaria
Best movies:
Karol. Człowiek, który został papieżem (2005) (TV movie)
Undisputed III: Redemption (2010)
South Wind (2018)
![George Zlatarev](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/051/471/51471339_bb6ef1.jpg)
George Zlatarev
Bulgaria
Best movies:
The Expendables 2: Back For War (2012)
Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006)
The Grey Zone (2001)
![Lee Wilkof](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247488_986749.jpg)
Lee Wilkof
USA
Best movies:
This Boy's Life (1993)
Private Parts (1997)
An Early Frost (1985) (TV movie)
![Valentin Ganev](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/111/656/111656164_4b4d42.jpg)
Valentin Ganev
Bulgaria
Best movies:
East/West (1999)
Undisputed III: Redemption (2010)
The Way Back (2010)
Portia Reiners
Best movies:
Iron Jawed Angels (2004)
The Grey Zone (2001)
Loving Leah (2009) (TV movie)
Kamelia Grigorova
Best movies:
The Grey Zone (2001)